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Synagogue music

Here are entered miscellaneous collections of sacred Jewish music. Compositions for particular services are entered under this heading followed by appropriate subdivision, e.g. Synagogue music -- Memorial services. Works about the use of music in the synagogue are entered under Music in synagogues.

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• Sacred music
• Jews -- Music
• Judaism -- Liturgy

• Synagogue music -- Ethiopia
• Synagogue music -- History and criticism

• Jewish liturgical music
• Jewish religious music
• Jewish sacred music
• Jewish sacred vocal music

• Music, Ritual, and Falasha History (East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 1989), by Kay Kaufman Shelemay (multiple formats at ACLS Humanities E-Book)

• Jewish Music in its Historical Development (New York: H. Holt and Co., c1929), by A. Z. Idelsohn (multiple formats at archive.org)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Jungle Madness in Modern Music (reprinted articles from Baptist Standard, Youth for Christ, and Sunday School Times; New York: Ayerow Christian Projects, ca. 1956), by William Ward Ayer (multiple formats at archive.org)

• World Famous Christmas Songs: Containing the Best and the Most Popular Songs of the Nativity, Specially Arranged for Popular Usage in Community Caroling, School, Chorus, Church and Home (New York: Robbins Music Corp., c1929), ed. by George Rittenhouse (multiple formats at Google)
• Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern (New York: A. Wessels Co., 1901), ed. by John Camden Hotten
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern (New York: A. Wessels Co., 1905), ed. by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christmas Carols New and Old, ed. by Henry Ramsden Bramley and John Stainer (page images at CCEL)
• The Cowley Carol Book, for Christmas, Easter, and Ascension-Tide (London and Oxford: A. R. Mowbray and Co., 1922), ed. by George Ratcliffe Woodward (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Christmas Carols New and Old, ed. by Henry Ramsden Bramley and John Stainer (page images at CCEL)

• The Cowley Carol Book, for Christmas, Easter, and Ascension-Tide (London and Oxford: A. R. Mowbray and Co., 1922), ed. by George Ratcliffe Woodward (multiple formats at archive.org)
• World Famous Christmas Songs: Containing the Best and the Most Popular Songs of the Nativity, Specially Arranged for Popular Usage in Community Caroling, School, Chorus, Church and Home (New York: Robbins Music Corp., c1929), ed. by George Rittenhouse (multiple formats at Google)

• Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern (New York: A. Wessels Co., 1901), ed. by John Camden Hotten
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern (New York: A. Wessels Co., 1905), ed. by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Cowley Carol Book, for Christmas, Easter, and Ascension-Tide (London and Oxford: A. R. Mowbray and Co., 1922), ed. by George Ratcliffe Woodward (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Hymns of the Atharvaveda, trans. by Ralph T. H. Griffith (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Dakshinamurti Stotra of Sri Sankaracharya; and Daksinamurti Upanishad, With Sri Sureswaracharya's Manasollasa and Pranava Vartika (second edition, English portions only; 1920), by Śaṅkarācārya, trans. by Alladi Mahadeva Sastri (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• The Rig Veda, trans. by Ralph T. H. Griffith
  • HTML at sacred-texts.com
  • HTML at hinduwebsite.com

• Hymns of the Tamil Saivite Saints (English content only; 1921), ed. by F. Kingsbury and Godfrey E. Phillips (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)

• Hymns of the Tamil Saivite Saints (English content only; 1921), ed. by F. Kingsbury and Godfrey E. Phillips (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)

• Hymn to Kali: Karpuradi-Stotra (London: Luzac and Co., 1922 (with Devangari portions omitted)), ed. by John George Woodroffe, contrib. by Swami Vimalanada (HTML at sacred-texts.com)

• A History of Arabian Music to the XIIIth Century (London: Luzac and Co., 1929), by Henry George Farmer
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• De Schelde: Romantisch-Historisch Oratorium in Drie Deelen (1866-1867) (in Dutch, with French translation of lyrics; Antwerp: A. Mertens, 1902), by Peter Benoît and Emanuel Hiel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Messiah: An Oratorio for Four-Part Chorus of Mixed Voices, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass Soli, and Piano, by George Frideric Handel and Charles Jennens, ed. by T. Tertius Noble and Max Spicker (page images at CCEL)

• The Charlestown Collection of Sacred Songs, Adapted to Public and Private Devotion; Principally Original Compositions (Boston: Printed by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1803), by Oliver Holden (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Papal Patronage and the Music of St. Peter's, 1380-1513 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995), by Christopher A. Reynolds (HTML at UC Press)

• Chorgesänge zum Preis der H. Elisabeth aus Mittelalterlichen Antiphonarien (2 volumes, in German; Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1883-1884), ed. by Ernst Ranke, contrib. by Franz Commer
  • Volume 1: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume 2: page images in Germany

• The Cowley Carol Book, for Christmas, Easter, and Ascension-Tide (London and Oxford: A. R. Mowbray and Co., 1922), ed. by George Ratcliffe Woodward (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Book of Public Worship, for the Use of the New Church, Signified by the New Jerusalem in the Revelation, by New Jerusalem Church General Convention (page images at MOA)

• The Booke of Common Praier Noted (London, 1550), by Church of England and John Merbecke (frame- and JavaScript-dependent page images at rarebookroom.org)

• Les Chants Liturgiques de l'Eglise Arménienne (words in Armenian with English, French, and Italian translations; ca. 1877), by Armenian Church, ed. by Pietro Bianchini, contrib. by James Issaverdens (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Melodies of the Holy Apostolic Church of Armenia: The Liturgy, As Sung in Ordinary, During Lent, and on Festivals, Written Down in Modern Notation (second and enlarged edition, 3 volumes in Armenian and English; 1920), by Armenian Church, ed. by Amy Apcar (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A Textbook of Plainsong and Gregorian Music (London: Vincent Music Co., ca. 1906), by Francis Burgess (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Work of the Benedictines of Solesmes in the Plainsong Revival (London: Plainsong and Medieval Music Society, 1899), by H. B. Briggs (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Das Graduale Junta 1611: Ein Beitrag zur Choral-geschichte des 17. Jahrhunderts (dissertation in German; Fribourg, Switzerland: St. Paulus Druckerei, 1909), by C. H. Leineweber (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Great Musicians (London: E. Grant Richards, 1908), by Ernest Oldmeadow (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Studies in Hymnology: A Textbook Designed for Study Groups Where Attention is Given to the Subject of Church Music; Also for Colleges, Schools, the Music Teacher and All Inquiring Students (Nashville: Cokesbury Press, c1938), by Mrs. Crosby Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rural Harmony: Being an Original Composition in Three and Four Parts, for the Use of Singing Schools and Musical Societies (Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1793), by Jacob Kimball (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Annunciations: Sacred Music for the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2019), ed. by George Corbett (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)

• Papal Patronage and the Music of St. Peter's, 1380-1513 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995), by Christopher A. Reynolds (HTML at UC Press)
• Zur Spätmittelalterlichen Choralgeschichte St. Gallens: Der Cod. 546 der St. Galler Stiftsbibliothek (in German; St. Gallen: Buchdruckerei Ostschweiz, 1908), by Otto Marxer
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The Chapel Choir Book: A Collection of Catholic Music, Consisting of Masses, Anthems, Chants, and Hymns, To Which is Prefixed a Short Treatise on the Art of Singing (Boston: P. Donahoe, c1850), ed. by George W. Lloyd
  • multiple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Hymns of the Ages: Being Selections From Lyra Catholica, Germanica Apostolica, and Other Sources (first series; Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1859), ed. by C. S. Guild and Anne E. Guild, contrib. by F. D. Huntington (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Hymns of the Ages: Second Series (Boston: J. R. Osgood and and Co., 1877), ed. by C. S. Guild and Anne E. Guild
  • multiple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Hymns of the Ages: Third Series (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865), ed. by C. S. Guild and Anne E. Guild (multiple formats at Google)
• The Pearl: Seven Hymns on the Faith, by Saint Ephraem Syrus, ed. by John Gwynn, trans. by J. B. Morris (multiple formats at CCEL)
• Verses on Various Occasions (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903), by John Henry Newman (HTML at newmanreader.org)
• The Confederate Soldier's Pocket Manual of Devotions (Charleston: Printed by Evans and Cogswell, 1863), ed. by C. T. Quintard
  • HTML and TEI at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Two Bookes of Ayres (words; from a 1903 edition of this 17th-century text), by Thomas Campion (illustrated HTML at luminarium.org)

• New England Harmony: Containing a Variety of Psalm Tunes, in Three and Four Parts, Adapted to all Metres; Also, a Number of Set Pieces, of Several Verses Each, Together With a Number of Anthems (Northampton, MA: A. Wright, 1801), by Timothy Swan (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion, by William Walker (multiple formats at CCEL)

• Songs for Worship in the Sunday-School, Social-Meeting, and Family (c1873), by T. C. O'Kane (multiple formats at archive.org)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.